javadoc2json

The javadoc2json is a simple tool to generate code documentation from Javadoc comments of a project, and output a JSON file from them, by API or CLI.

1. Installation

For the API:

~$ npm install javadoc2json

For the CLI:

~$ npm install -g javadoc2json

2. Usage

For the API:

This is a complete example of the API of javadoc2json.

var docs = require("javadoc2json").generate({
  include: [__dirname + "/**/*js"], // include all javascript files
  exclude: ["**/node_modules/**/*"], // exclude node_modules folders
  output: [__dirname + "/documentation.json"] // dump the documentation at this file
});

For the CLI:

This is a complete example of the CLI (in 1 line):

~$ javadoc2json

 --output "docs/docs.json" 

 --include "**/*.js" "**/*.ts" 

 --exclude "*node_modules*/*" "**/bin/**/*" 

Or its abbreviated equivalence:

~$ javadoc2json

  -o "docs/docs.json" 

  -i "**/*.js" "**/*.ts" 

  -x "*node_modules*/*" "**/bin/**/*" 

See that one can pass multiple "include" or "exclude" patterns.

3. CLI tool

Commands

Options:
  --help         Show help                                             [boolean]
  --version      Show version number                                   [boolean]
  --include, -i  Include a new glob pattern (as input)     [array] [default: []]
  --exclude, -x  Exclude a new glob pattern (as input)     [array] [default: []]
  --output, -o   Output JSON file                                       [string]

4. API tool

Methods

generate(options)

Returns: {Array<Object>} The generated JSON from the JavaDoc comments found.

Description: This method generates a JSON file from the specified files, which are read and their path. Also, it returns the data generated.

options

Type:{Object}

Default value:

{
  include: ["**/*.js"],
  exclude: ["**/node_modules/**/*"],
  output: false
}

Description: All the options for the javadoc2json documentation generator. This object can have:

- include: {Array<String>} or {String}Optional. List of glob patterns to be included in our documentation generation process.

- exclude: {Array<String>} or {String} Optional. List of glob patterns to be excluded.

- output: {Array<String>} or {String} Optional. List of files to dump the generated documentation (JSON).

4. Conclusion

Simple and powerful module to generate and manage the documentation of a project.